Author: NeverJetHot

Meet the Dutch whimsical WWII postcard
Posted in The postcards

Friendship in war

Not sure precisely what is going on here. The dutch girl and the soldier on the tank seem to be hitting it off…

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Rural copy enjoying their new larger outhouse
Posted in The postcards

A bigger reading room

I guess it’s the Human Condition, we always strive for bigger and fancier surroundings.

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1956 Mopsy comic
Posted in Ephemera

Worst. Play. Ever.

I don’t blame Mopsy for taking the theater seat to recoup some of her money for seeing “New Play”. That was a real stinker.

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Santa can't deal with the kid that stayed up late (postcard)
Posted in The postcards

Santa can’t deal

I would like to go back to vague wish lists, these days everybody just puts the wishes on a list in Amazon, just click and wrap when it gets here. Where’s the fun in that?

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Matchbook 1950's New Mexico Ranchettes
Posted in The Matchbooks

New Mexico Land Grab

These half acre lots, even back in the 40’s and 50’s, seem like a good deal, with clean water, fresh air, road access… all for…

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Los Angeles Airport 1960 postcard
Posted in The postcards

SPIDER-PORT

We went to California for the first time a few years ago. I thought the airport was strange looking. It has a “War of the…

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Old bus abandoned in woods
Posted in Highways and Byways

So this guy finds a bus in the woods…

Abandoned bus in the woods

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1960 baby shoes
Posted in Back in My Day

My shoes ain’t got no soul

As luck would have it, my mother saved my baby shoes all these years. I must have been a lazy baby! They look like new!…

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Vicks cough drops matchbook
Posted in The Matchbooks

COUGH COUGH I took another puff

Here’s a matchbook advertising Vick’s cough drops. It’s a MATCHBOOK. The person that needs cough drops probably smokes. Why not quit the cancer sticks and nip that cough in the bud?

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Garden lady in old Ma Bell ad
Posted in Ephemera The Advertising

Working from home… It’s not new.

Not so many years ago, we all depended on “Ma Bell” and Western Electric… It was fine for doing business though. You didn’t have to…

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